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THE CHARGE ON THE 
HINDENBURG LINE 

AND OTHER WAR POEMS 

A BRIEF HISTORY OF COMPANY B 
AND GENEVA'S HONOR ROLL 



WILLIAM F. CLARK 

GENEVA, N. Y. 




PRESS OF 
W. F. HUMPHREY, GENEVA, N. Y. 






DEDICATED 

IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO HAVE ACTED THEIR 

PART IN THE WORLD'S GREAT DRAMA, 

AT HOME AND "OVER THERE" 






COPYRIGHTED 1 9 19 

By WILLIAM F. CLARK 



CLA51273S 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT 

The author of "The Charge on the Hindenburg 
Line" acknowledges, with pleasure, his obligations 
to E. Thayles Emmons, the editor of The Geneva 
Daily Times, for his work in reviewing the several 
manuscripts for this little volume; to the Geneva 
Publishing Company for the use of the "Roll of 
Honor' ' as revised and printed in The Geneva Daily 
Times; to the Armorer, Robert C. Rippey and his 
assistants in the Armory for a copy of the official 
records of Company B and the list of its Officers; 
to P. H. Sheehan for two poems, "When the Stars 
are Shining" and "They Followed the Flag," which 
he wrote especially for this volume, and to James G. 
Foster for the right to use the beautiful poem writ- 
ten by his father, Col. James P. Foster*, entitled 
1 'The Flag and the Flowers. ' ' This poem was recited 
on Memorial Day, May 30th, 1880, and although 
nearly forty years have passed since it was first 
composed it is as appropriate today as when first 
written. 



CONTENTS 



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The Charge on the Hindenburg Line 7 

The Charge of the Marine Brigade 9 

The Allied Watch on the Rhine 11 

The Sacrifice 13 

We are Coming 15 

Behold us Here 16 

Tuscania's Dead 17 

The German Juggernaut 20 

Liberty Ball 22 

The New Era 23 

The Dove of Peace 26 

The Old Guard House 27 

The League of Nations 30 

Our Heroes Shall Live 32 

The Flag and the Flowers 34 

When the Stars are Shining 36 

They Followed the Flag 38 

When the Boys Come Marching Home. ... 41 

A Brief History of Company B 43 

The Battle of Chateau Thierry 46 

Marston and the Old Guard House 48 

List of Officers of Company B 49 

Geneva's Roll of Honor 51 




BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM WILSON 



THE CHARGE ON THE HINDENBURG LINE 

From sea on the North to Switzerland, 

Inpregnable lines the Germans planned 

With trenches the best, each made with skill, 

Entangled with wire from hill to hill, 

And deep in the earth all cemented and fine 

Spacious halls they built on the Hindenburg line. 

And thousands have died of England's best, 
Attempting this famous line to wrest, 
When Yankee troops in their stead were placed, 
And fierce was the fire that there they faced, 
But "Over the top" they went, shell-pit and mine, 
When forward they charged on the Hindenburg line. 

The world now applauds their gallant deeds 
For swiftly they charged like fiery steeds, 
And over this line "Old Glory" waves 
Inspiring the Allies with our Braves. 
To them we raise our glass of nectar wine, 
"Here's to the Boys who smashed the Hindenburg 
line." 

Our boys bravely stood at Kemmel Ridge, 
Like veterans old at Concord Bridge, 



8 THE CHARGE ON THE HINDENBURG LINE 

Whose sons today from the shop and farm, 
Were heroes born who marched to the Marne. 
Like brave LaFayette who led at Brandywine 
They charged at Thierry and Hindenburg line. 

Our hearts are sad for our gallant dead 

Who fell in battle by Winnek led, 

But in our hearts forever they'll live 

Who gave the best gifts that men can give. 

And here let us build a memorial shrine 

For our dead who fell on the Hindenburg line. 

How joyful the news flashed 'neath the sea 

That soon we'll see our Company "B." 

In charge most famed that the world has known 

They hurled the Kaiser from German throne. 

In story forever their valor will shine 

For they smashed the Huns on the Hindenburg line. 

And when their steps resound on our streets 

New Company "B" will march to greet 

The heroes grand, with bugle and drum, 

With dames and men to welcome them home. 

And then in our Armory hall we will dine 

With our boys who charged on the Hindenburg line. 



THE CHARGE OF THE MARINE BRIGADE 

The demons of destruction neared Paris' door 

And sad was the news but their hearts were calm 
As they heard with awe the cannon's deadly roar, 

When the German army had crossed the Marne. 
In the darkest day that gay Paris had seen, 
When the sun-set glow was fading away 
Was heard the quick steps of our Yankee Marines 
As they marched to the Marne to save the day. 
Undaunted, our Marine Brigade 
Bravely marched in battle arrayed 
To avenge the fiend-like manner 
In sinking the Lusitania. 

And when the sound of their footsteps died away, 

The maidens prayed for the gallant Marines 
Who would die for them and France on the coming 
day 
To stop the Huns who had haunted their dreams. 
Our Yankee Marines when signaled to retire 

Were deaf to the orders of commanding 
And they routed the Huns with a deadly fire, 
So Thierry was won by their charging. 
Three cheers for our Marine Brigade 
Who charged in battle undismayed 

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io THE CHARGE OF THE MARINE BRIGADE 

And taunted the German banner 
"Remember the Lusitania." 

And the banks of the Marne were gory and wet 

When our gallant Marines smote German's best, 
And crimson dyed was the Marine bayonet 

When the evening stars veiled the dead in their 
rest. 
Hurrah for our brave Marines who saved the day 

And hurled to the shades of dark Gehenna 
The German despoilers who fled in dismay 
Affrighted by ghosts of Lusitania. 
We laurel our Marine Brigade 
For the heroic charge they made 
And smiting the German banner 
They avenged the Lusitania. 



THE ALLIED WATCH ON THE RHINE 

The clash of arms is heard no more 

And stilled again the cannon's roar. 

The Allied troops are on the Rhine 

To guard the new armistice line. 

Dear Fatherland, thou need'st not fear 

For Allied watch stand firmly here. 

Dear land, dear Fatherland, thou need'st not fear 

Our watch, the allied watch, stand firmly here. 

Crost Flander's fields on wind was borne 

The paper scrap in shreds now torn, 

Where Britain's flag stood firm for right 

With Belgium in deadly fight. 

Dear Fatherland, thou need'st not fear 

For Allied watch stand firmly here. 

Dear land, dear Fatherland, thou need'st not fear, 

Our watch, the allied watch stand firmly here. 

In Alsace true and fair Lorraine 
The flag of France now floats again, 
And on the ancient banks of Rhine, 
Restored the stolen land we find. 
Dear Fatherland, thou need'st not fear 
For Allied watch stand firmly here. 

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12 THE ALLIED WATCH ON THE RHINE 

Dear land, dear Fatherland, thou need'st not fear, 
Our watch, the Allied watch stands firmly here. 

On German Rhine "Old Glory" waves, 

Beneath its folds march Yankee braves, 

Where German clan have bowed the knee 

Before the star of liberty. 

Dear Fatherland, thou need'st not fear 

For Allied watch stand firmly here. 

Dear land, dear Fatherland, thou need'st not fear 

Our watch, the Allied watch stands firmly here. 

Our shouts resound while river flows ; 

In golden light our banner glows 

On Rhine, the Rhine, thy German Rhine, 

America guards, guards stream divine. 

Dear Fatherland, thou need'st not fear 

For Allied watch stand firmly here. 

Dear land, dear Fatherland, thou need'st not fear, 

Our watch, the Allied stand firmly here. 



THE SACRIFICE 

In fabled Rome, her forum, torn 
In twain by earthquake's putrid blast, 
Refused to close its chasm deep 
Till priceless gifts within were cast. 
"Rome's greatest gift, her valient men, 
This gap must fill" brave Curtius cries, 
And armor-clad he forward rides 
And gives himself a sacrifice. 

A yawning deep oped wide its jaws 
Twixt North and South in sixty-one, 
When Sumter's guns aroused the North 
To freedom's conflict then begun. 
*Seven hundred times we filled the pit, 
A thousand men each time, and then 
Three globe-encircling golden coins 
We piled upon the slaughtered men. 

The God of war was not appeased 
With all the men and wealth we spent 
Till we had crowned the funeral pile 
With our beloved President. 



*The loss in the Civil War, North and South was about 
700,000 men. The cost of the war on both sides is estimated 
at about $9,000,000,000. $3,000,000,000, gold dollars laid 
side by side will reach around the globe. 

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14 THE SACRIFICE 

Peace came. And on its ruins rose 

A structure grand, world-wide and broad, 

The noblest then the world had seen, 

And perfect made by chastened rod. 

In Fatherland, where flows the Rhine, 

I saw a whirlwind lifting high, 

All torn in shreds the rights of men, 

And smoking ruins blacked the sky. 

'Crost Flander's fair and peacedul fields 

Barbaric armies ruthless rushed, 

"A scrap of paper," their reply 

To rights of neutrals they had crushed. 

With deadly, gas-filled dropping bombs, 
The imps of Hell steal forth at night ; 
Of sleeping babes and helpless sires, 
They hundreds slay in hellish flight. 
The dead from Lusitania's wreck 
Will rise at resurrection's call 
To haunt the demons of the deep, 
Awaking from their stifling pall. 

Our loss a tithe now asked the world, 
For sins atoned must measure cost, 
And freeman's rights must be secured 
Before there's peace or all is lost. 
Great God, to thy decree we bow, 
For Thou didst give Thine only Son 
A sacrifice for sin-curst world; 
And pray to Thee, "Thy will be done." 



WE ARE COMING 

Air— 'Just Before the Battle, Mother 11 
Once the angels brought the calling, 

When the cause of France was dark, 
Men, the gates of Orleans watching, 

Saw the coming Jo'n of Arc. 
There are many Joans nursing, 

Brave as men in hero land, 
Caring for the maimed and dying, 

Saved by loving Joan's hand. 

Chorus — Coming, coming, we are coming, 
Don't you hear our battle cry, 
On to Berlin we are marching, 
There you'll see our colors fly. 

On the field of battle leading 

Where the Hessian horde he met, 
And at Brandywine was bleeding, 

We remember Lafayette, 
Crost the lovely vine-fields marching, 

Maidens give us welcome glance, 
Driving back the Huns despoiling, 

We are coming, maids of France. Cho. 

In the trenches we are fighting, 

Ready for the word advance, 
Under gallant Pershing leading, 

We are with you, men of France. 
Hear the battle cry of freedom 

As we fight the German boasts, 
For the glory of Thy kingdom, 

We are coming, Lord of hosts. Cho. 
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BEHOLD US HERE 

At Concord Bridge, I stood one day, 

When time turned back and past unfurled, 

And saw "The embattled farmer' ' stand, 

Who "Fired the shot heard round the world/ ' 

I saw them fall but rise again; 

Like Phoenix plumed, there was no death; 
For truth and right will never die, 

Nor those who breathe immortal breath. 

Our boys today are spirit born 

Of these brave men with patriot fire, 

Who live to day in hearts of men, 

Whose worthy deeds their sons inspire. 

At bugle's call a million spring 
To arms, brave veterans in a day; 

When war shall cease their warlike mien 
Will change again and pass away. 

Across the sea they gladly go ; 

In sunny France, I hear them cheer, 
And Pershing's voice, the dead salute, 

"Brave LaFayette, behold us here!" 

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TUSCANIA'S DEAD 

Air — "Vacant Chair" 
Sad the news 'neath ocean flashing, 

1 'Transport wrecked off Ireland's coast, 
Hundreds in the sea are dying 

Victims of Germanic boast/' 
Brave the boys, our anthem singing 

When they sank beneath the wave, 
Over them "Old Glory" flying, 

Died the bravest of the brave. 

Chorus — 

Torch of freedom we are lighting, 

By the rivers flowing red; 
Bravely men in battle fighting 
Will avenge Tuscania's dead. 

When they found them lifeless floating, 

Ireland's shores received our braves; 
In her bosom they are sleeping, 

Names unknown in honored graves. 
Not unknown, for God is knowing 

Every one they buried there ; 
They're the seed that He is sowing 

Now in answer to our prayer. Cho. 

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18 TUSCANIA'S DEAD 

These brave men are never dying, 

Phoenix like they'll live again, 
Many times their death avenging, 

For they died for rights of men, 
Now our boys in battle firing 

Deadly will they make their aim, 
With the Huns before them flying, 

Fearful of Tuscania's name. Cho. 

Irish blood is famed for fighting, 

Like our gallant Sheridan, 
Ever by the colors standing, 

True as dames in mother land. 
Honored Ireland now is keeping 

Guard o'er our Tuscania's dead, 
Kind the hand our loved receiving, 

For her woes our hearts have bled. Cho. 



Nearly every State in mourning 

When the later news was sent, 
As we met for natal keeping 

Of our martyred President. 
Hundreds by the tide came drifting 

Lifeless to famed Scotland's coast 
For Roscanna's kindly keeping, 

Beckoned on by Ossian's ghost. Cho. 

And the sky was veiled and weeping 

When loved Scotland's dames and braves 
With the flags of nations twining 



TUSCANIA'S DEAD 19 

Marched in sorrow to their graves. 
Highland Scotch are famed for standing 

Firm as rocks for rights of man; 
Wallace brave and Bruce most daring 

Fought for rights we now demand. Cho. 

Fame of every nation claiming, 

English, Irish, French and Scot, 
Strong like ore from all mines blending 

In our Nation's melting pot. 
Millions of our boys are training, 

Like their sires both brave and strong, 
We will see them home returning 

And avenged Tuscania's wrong. Cho. 



THE GERMAN JUGGERNAUT 

In Hindoo land long years ago for god Vishnu 
They built the car of Juggernaut which pilgrims drew 
At feast on the incarnate day, from holy shrine 
To sacred place in grove where dwelt the gods divine. 

Beneath this car ten thousand fall and prostrate lie 
To please the gods and offer up themselves to die, 
In hope of promise made they strive to win the prize 
And dwell with gods with joy supreme in Paradise. 

In Germany a car was built at Potsdam town 

For Prussian gods to run and ride the world around. 

Von Moltke built this car which Bismark's skill had 

planned 
For Germany to rule the world with iron hand. 

In front sat Kaiser Bill with three small gods and 

drove 
This Juggernaut, and claimed himself the mighty 

Jove. 
The laws of God and treaties solemn made were torn 
Like "Scraps of paper' ' waste and on the winds were 

borne. 

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THE GERMAN JUGGERNAUT 21 

Beneath this car ten million men are slain like beasts 
While in pavilioned halls these gods oft sit at feasts. 
Debased like king whose heart was changed to heart 

of beast, 
They saw the hand that wrote at King Belshazzar's 

feast. 

The orphan's wail, the mother's prayer and lover's 

cry 
Now reached our God who sent His angel from the 

sky 
And smote these demon gods and crushed their 

taunting boast 
Like angel hand that smote the proud Assyrian host. 

This wonderous German car on one November day 
Collapsed and turned to dust like "Deacon's one hoss 

shay." 
In four sad years of gore, completed was its race, 
And in a tidal wave it sank "Without a trace." 



LIBERTY BALL 

Liberty ball, liberty bonds, 

Liberty coach, liberty belles; 
The first is rolled by Uncle Sam, 

And everywhere his story tells 
To all the people on the road 

How cash will help to win the fight 
Agains the Huns and Allies help 

To save the world for God and right. 

From Buffalo to Gotham Town, 

Through Empire State to ocean tide 
The coach is drawn by prancing grays 

The famous steeds electrified. 
But best of all the belles you see, 

For they can win where others fail 
And always right in every cause, 

So rights of all must soon prevail. 

Secure we rest with faith most strong, 

For woman's heart as well as hand 
Is joined in cause we seek to win, 

The greatest asset in our land. 
Our nation never knew defeat, 

For women work as well as pray 
For men on battle line and fleet, 

So woman's heart has paved the way. 

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THE NEW ERA 

In forests dense on marsh land rich, 
The ferns that once adorned the earth 
Grew large and high long years ago 
Where lower forms of life had birth. 

As earthquake came, the forests sank 
And life was tombed beneath the waves, 
Deep covered o'er with sand and mould, 
Where long they slept in watery graves. 

A resurrection came ; they rise 
New formed above their ocean bed, 
And man, the highest type of life 
Now lives in homes above the dead. 

The dead below, his dwelling light 
And cheerful feed his hearthstone grate ; 
They turn the wheels throughout the land 
And useful servants now they make. 

Not lost but changed to useful forms, 
For nothing made is made in vain; 
The fittest live, the useless die 
To serve surviving life again. 



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24 THE NEW ERA 

The rocks record the works of God, 
The stars show forth His Wond'rous plan, 
His Word foretells that right will win 
With liberty in every land. 

The prophet Joel saw the woes 
To come, three thousand years ago, 
The fields laid waste and mourning days 
That nations now in battle know. 

The great stone form that Daniel saw 
In mountain cut by hand divine, 
The despot's rule and foes of right 
Will break and grind in powder fine. 

Last war on earth by John was seen 
Where cruel Huns and Turks were classed 
In types of beast and prophet false, 
And by the Christ from earth were cast. 

The vision twice by prophets seen 
Where swords in plowshares they would beat 
And pruning hooks from spears they make, 
For men in war no longer meet. 

Today the world in sackcloth sits, 
For tears and blood in rivers flow. 
But in the riven clouds we see 
That God has set his promised bow. 



THE NEW ERA 25 

"Whom gods destroy they first make mad," 
While on the blood of men they nurse, 
And trampling down their rights in dust 
They seek to rule the universe. 

The Prussian beast, that kultured fiend, 
Like dragon old whom Michael fought, 
Will soon be crushed with rights restored 
To all the blest "New Era" sought. 

For help to win the war today 

The nations look across the sea, 

Where voice of God through people speaks 

In our blessed land of the free. 



THE DOVE OF PEACE 

Sweet dove of peace with olive branch, 
We welcome thee from fields of France. 
The clash of arms and cannon's roar 
In Europe's fields are stilled once more. 

Once drifting crost the waters dark, 
On Ararat is moored our ark, 
Now anchored safe by pilot hand 
Secure we stand on promised land. 

Ten million men on land and sea 
Have died in cause of liberty 
To free oppressed in every land 
With civic rights for every man. 

The German people rose amass 
And drove from throne the royal class, 
And on their fall republics rise 
When despot's rule forever dies. 

This war of death has passed away, 
But war of hate still holds its sway; 
Soon may the spirit from above 
With cleansing power change hate to love. 

Listen to Him who died for you, 
''Forgive, they know not what they do." 
The world now clasps in brotherhood, 
The new-made earth, pronounced as "Good. 

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THE OLD GUARD HOUSE 

Dark the days in eighteen sixty, 
Sad the hearts in Northern home, 

For the fires blazed bright in Dixie 
When secession's break had come. 

Brave the men in North resisting, 
Many solons then were drilled 

Under Cassius Clay assisting, 
Some a rank in field soon filled. 

While a seat in Congress filling 
Marston learned to handle gun 

With the men who there were drilling 
For the conflict now begun. 

When his troops were early starting 
In the work so new to them, 
Frequent in the house of guarding, 
Sometimes some returned again. 

When old Neaglee came inspecting, 
Said the guard house was too good, 

1 'Build one strong that has no lighting," 
This the Colonel understood. 



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28 THE OLD GUARD HOUSE 

Then he set his men to cutting 

All of them were busy there 
Every one like slaves was hustling 

Willing each to do his share. 

When the guard house was completed 
With no door nor window made, 

Gen'ral then the Colonel greeted, 
When his visit there he paid. 

Neaglee smiled with satisfaction 
As he viewed the house with care, 

And he asked the Colonel's action 
How to get the men in there. 

"Strict I've followed your commanding 

How to get the men inside 
Was not made in your first planning 

But for you to now decide. 

House of logs long days was standing 
Laughing of it oft they speak, 

Boys in Blue ne'er inside landing 

Where the elves played hide and seek. 

Hero brave on first field leading, 
Shoulder shattered with a ball, 

Kept his horse though wound was bleeding, 
Till his men had their recall. 



THE OLD GUARD HOUSE 29 

In the morning at first lighting, 

Malvern Hill he quickly won; 
And Cold Harbor's fearful fighting 

Honors gave New Hampshire's son. 

He was kind with friendly greeting, 

Heart as tender as a child, 
Sometimes rough when he was speaking, 

But his deeds above are filed. 

In New Hampshire sweetly sleeping, 
Honored statesman, soldier brave, 

Huge the granite boulder keeping 
Silent guard above his grave. 



THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS 

There are doctors of men and doctors for kine, 
There are doctors of state and doctors divine; 
There are doctors and searchers for deadly germs, 
And surgeons a plenty who will cut, on good terms. 

But doctors of state are the busiest of all 
For Europe is sick and has sent a quick call. 
From drugs and from herbs they seek something new, 
A sure royal cure for the dread " German Flu." 

Our Wilson a loud call heard from Europe's craft 
Who packed in his case a balm from Doctor Taft. 
Skilled old doctors are they, and may God bless their 

souls 
As the world wise the "League of Nations" unfolds. 

There are quacks now quacking that this is a fake; 
That the old Constitution they will crack and break. 
The words of our Washington they do not recall, 
To " cultivate peace and harmony with all." 

That a "Peace" which will last and completed will be 
We must see the nations protected and free. 
For "Justice and benevolence" they look afar 
Acrost the wide sea to blest Columbia. 

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THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS 31 

And the ' 'Sage. of Monticello" they criticised 
When the Louisiana tract became our prize. 
Against old Monroe the quacks invectives hurled 
That guardians we should be of the western world. 

Wildly they howled at the cold Alaska bought, 
"Seward's Folly" dubbing it in language hot. 
But now we can see that its worth was half known 
For millions of gold-eagles from there have flown. 

When by Dewey's guns, a world power we became 
In the far-off East, then the quacks quacked again; 
But by our McKinley, brave Bryan took his stand 
And followers urged to aid the treaty planned. 

Slackers now with German propaganda filled 
Are those who refuse in this "Temple" to build. 
Our army, the best through a selective draft 
Opened this arena for Wilson and Taft. 

Awake, oh Land ! this is the hour supreme, 
"Entangled alliance" is a night-mare dream; 
Now the work let us do that was God's design 
And crusaders be from the western Palestine. 



OUR HEROES SHALL LIVE 

Our fathers built in homes on western sea 

"A nation new, conceived in liberty," — 

A structure grand, cemented with their blood, 

Which flowed from mountain pass to ocean's flood. 

"This nation, under God, shall have new birth' ' 
Whose "People shall not perish from the earth." 
We consecrate the fields, a resting place 
Where heroes sleep in hallowed grounds they grace. 

We dedicate ourselves with them again, 

And vow "These dead shall not have died in vain." 

A mother bids her sons to go and fight 

And give their lives for home and nation's right. 

They once were hers, but now by state possessed 
Whose unseen forms awake from balmy rest 
And view with pride on plain and ocean tide 
The land still free for which their fathers died. 

Our Lord's last words on cross to weeping one 
When John He gave to her, — "Behold thy son." 
And mother brave whose son for country died 
Is blest like her whose Son they crucified. 

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OUR HEROES SHALL LIVE 33 

For all the sons of men her children are 
And recompensed the mother is by far, 
For all who fought on battle fields with him 
Are brothers each and claim them all her kin. 

And when completed is the scroll of time, 
We'll see, in golden letters clear and fine 
Recording angels write in halls of fame 
The valient deeds of men with mother's name. 



THE FLAG AND THE FLOWERS 
James P. Foster* 

Mid flowers sweet and waving grass, 
Gemming in the place where the dead repose, 

Brighter than daisy blooms or rose, 
I see visions fair where I pass. 

There is no spot with flag unseen 

Where is grouped a bivouac of graves, 

And there I see it proudly waves 
Above the low shelter-tents of green. 

It watches, well our comrades' rest, 
And mem'rys voice will not be stilled 

For those we know in graves now filled 
Where sleep our bravest and our best. 

They followed where the stars have led, 
Whose stripes were bows of promise high, 

Spanning with hope war's threat'ning sky, 
And mark the camps of the silent dead 

Still was the promise true and bright, 
For with loyal duty well done, 

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THE FLAG AND THE FLOWERS 35 

Death made them heroes evermore, — 
Martyred- victors for land and right. 

And when my life's campaign is past, 
I'm laid to sleep in death's still dream, 

Where I rest let "Old Glory" gleam 

And there my comrades their flowers cast. 

My clay will not unconscious be 
As they place the flag o'er my breast, 

'Twill taste its sweetness through its rest 
And my soul its nearness see. 

The fairest spot in this world of ours 
Is where our flag unfolds its bars; 

Beaming bright through its eye-like stars 
Where the brave lie beneath the flowers. 



*In 1 86 1 James P. Foster of Hudson, N. Y. recruited at 
his own expense in Greene and Columbia Counties, N. Y., a 
"Company" or "Troop" of mounted men (upwards of 120) 
with whom he was mustered into U. S. service as Captain 
of Troop M, Fifth New York Volunteer Cavalry." Later 
he was transferred to the 128th. New York Infantry of which 
he became its Colonel before the close of the war. He was 
in many of the engagements of the Civil War and in the 
battle of Cedar Creek he was commended for gallantry by 
General Sheridan. 

After the war he became an Episcopal clergyman and served 
several parishes in the state. On retiring from regular work 
he made Geneva, N. Y. his home where he died in 1907 and 
was interned in Washington Street Cemetery. He was 
noted as an author and lecturer. 



OUT THERE WHEN THE STARS ARE 
SHINING 

P. H. Sheehan 

Out there when the stars are shining, 

Shedding down their holy light, 
A soldier stands whose far-off gaze 

Would pierce the walls of night, 
Out there when the stars are shining, 

He sees in a distant home 
The visions of the loved ones there 

Now beck'ning him to come. 

Out there when the stars are shining 

His soul he gives to His care, — 
To Him who heeds a sparrow's fall 

And breathes a silent prayer. 
Out there when the stars are shining 

His anguishing soul now hears 
That voice down through the centuries, 

"Thy will be done," now cheers. 
Out there when the stars are shining, 

At the close of battle day 
They look upon a silent form 

Whose soul has passed away. 
Out there when the stars are shining, 

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WHEN THE STARS ARE SHINING 37 

Shedding down their holy light 
The daisies are growing o'er him 
In the long, silent night. 

At home when the stars are shining, 

Shedding down their holy light, 
They look on a sorrowing mother 

Who gazes out at night. 
At home when the stars are shining 

She prays to her God above 
To safe return him home again 

For the sake of mother's love. 

Up there when the stars are shining, 

Shedding down their holy light, 
That mother and her soldier boy 

Will meet where all is bright. 
Up there when the stars are shining, 

On eternity's bright shore, 
The two will be united soon 

To be parted never more. 

Up there when the stars are shining, 

Where the angels share their joy, 
In happiness and in glory 

Are the mother and her boy. 
Down here when the stars are shining, 

Shedding down their holy light 
On history's fairest pages 

Their names in love we'll write. 



THEY FOLLOWED THE FLAG 
P. H. Sheehan 

Yes, youVe followed the flag when you lisped 
your prayers 

As a child at your mother's knee, 
You've followed the flag and freed from cares 

You laugh in childish glee. 

Yes, you've followed the flag in your boyhood 
days 

Whose emblems true your soul now thrill, 
You've followed the flag, and sang its praise 

And dreamed the dreams boys will. 

Yes, you followed the flag at your country's call 
And left your dear and saddened home, 

You followed the flag to fight and to fall 
When the nation bid you come. 

Yes, you followed the flag to a far off land 

Acrost the ocean deep and wide, 
You followed the flag with heart and hand, 

You are a nation's pride. 

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THEY FOLLOWED THE FLAG 39 

Yes, you followed the flag at the zero hour 
When your comrades beside you fell, 

You followed the flag to crush a tyrant's power 
Up to the jaws of hell. 

Yes, you followed the flag at Kemmel Ridge 
And backward you turned the haughty foes, 

Acrost the Marne you built the bridge 
And saved the world from woe. 

Yes, you followed the flag where your grandsires 
fought 

At Saratoga's bloody fields, 
You followed the flag and nobly wrought 

With a heart that never yields. 

Yes, you followed the flag as they did that day 

At the battle of Lundy's Lane, 
You followed the flag to fight and win 

On that bloody field of pain. 

Yes, you followed the flag as your forbears did 

On the field of Monterey, 
You followed the flag and the wide world knows 

You nobly fought in the fray. 

Yes, you followed the flag as your fathers did 

At Gettysburg's terrible dell, 
You followed the flag to die like them 

As the cannon sounds your knell. 



4 o THEY FOLLOWED THE FLAG 

Yes, you followed the flag as your brothers did 
That famous day at San Juan Hill, 

You followed the flag and your glorious deeds 
The world will ever thrill. 

Yes, you followed the flag to your comrades' 
grave, 

And heard the words of "Dust to dust;" 
You followed the flag with tear dimmed eye 

And placed in God your trust. 

Yes, you followed the flag and follow it still 
From the cradle's side to the grave, 

And when they sound life's last revelle 
In pride 'twill o'er you wave. 

And flowers sweet they'll bring in future years 

To pay to you the tribute due ; 
In life you followed the dear old flag, 

In death 'twill folllow you. 



WHEN OUR BOYS COME MARCHING HOME 

When our boys come marching home again, 

Hurrah, hurrah, 
A welcome warm we will give the men, 

Hurrah, hurrah, 
The Cereal Mill will sound its blast 
And banners proud will hang amast, 
And we'll all feel gay 
When our boys come marching home. 

On the fields of France, you there have been 

Hurrah ! hurrah ! 
And lines of the cruel Huns made thin 

Hurrah, hurrah, 
When you bravely charged on ''No man's land," 
In battle-lines that made you grand, 

So we'll all feel proud 
As our boys are marching home. 

A debt you have paid to dear old France 

Hurrah, hurrah, 
The cause of freedom you have advanced 

Hurrah, hurrah, 
The call of God you have obeyed 
For lasting peace we long have prayed, 

Now we'll all feel glad 
When our boys come marching home 

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4.2 WHEN THE BOYS COME MARCHING HOME 

The cannons will roar, the bells will ring, 

Hurrah, hurrah, 
The ladies their sweetest songs will sing, 

Hurrah, hurrah, 
In Armory hall we all will dine 
With heroes from the Hindenburg line, 

And we'll all feel gay 
When our boys come marching home. 




BREVET MAJOR J. G. STACEY 

MILITARY INSTRUCTOR IN 
GENEVA DISTRICT 




LIEUT. E. F. WINNEK 

Killed in the Charge of the Hindenburg Line 
September 29, 1918 



BRIEF HISTORY OF COMPANY B, 
GENEVA, N. Y. 

Company B was organized in December, 1879, an d mustered 
into state service as the 34th Separate Company, January 
20th, 1880 (civic name Folger Corps) with C. W. Folger, 
Captain, H. J. Eddy, First Lieutenant and G. S. Prince as 
Second Lieutenant. When they were mustered in they 
occupied what was called at that time "Cobb's Wool Room" 
located on the rear of the building now occupied by The 
Geneva Daily Times. This Company moved to Dove's Hall 
opposite the Kirkwood Hotel on Exchange street during the 
winter of 1885 and into the new Armory on Main street (which 
was built in 1 891-1892) early in the spring of 1893. The 
Company was on duty during the switchman's strike at 
Buffalo in August 1892. It was in the United States service 
during the Spanish American War from May 1st to December 
3d, 1898 as Company B, 3d N. Y. Volunteer Infantry, after 
which the name was changed to Company B, 2d Battalion, 
National Guards, New York. In 1908 it was known as 
Company B, 3d Infantry, N. G. N. Y. It was called out in 
April 19 1 3 to protect property and maintain order during the 
International Railway strike in Buffalo. 

We condense from The Geneva Daily Times of April 9th, 
191 3, the following account: "In the night of April 8th at 
exactly 11.45, Colonel William Wilson of the 3d Regiment 
received the following order from General Samuel H. Welch, 
the commanding officer of the 4th Brigade: 'Report your 
command immediately to Buffalo for riot duty with service 
uniforms and three days' rations, with twenty rounds of 
guard ammunition, no wagons, also ambulance Corps.' 

"At the midnight hour the siren whistle of the Patent 
Cereals Company sounded its six blasts for the immediate 
assembly of the Company at the Armory for duty. Captain 
J. G. Stacey at once summoned all the available taxicabs in 

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44 A BRIEF HISTORY OF COMPANY B 

the city to bring in the men who lived at a distance from the 
Armory. To obtain the necessary supplies the grocery men 
in the city were routed out of bed and their stores opened. 
Those in charge of the Armory rendered valuable assistance 
in this hurried service. The Company marched to the L. V. 
R. R. Station for train No. 3, due at 4.30 a. m., with all their 
supplies and equipments ready for shipment. When all was 
ready and the conductor was ready to signal the engineer to 
start, Col. Wilson said to the conductor: — 'You haven't put 
the baggage on yet,' to which he replied 'We haven't any 
room for it.' The Colonel told him in an accent that the 
conductor understood, 'You put that baggage on or neither 
you nor your train will leave this station.' The baggage 
was loaded and a little past seven o'clock that morning the 
boys were marching in the streets of Buffalo to the Armory 
where after breakfast, they were assigned to the most import- 
ant and critical post — the Seneca Street Car House." 

This was one of the quickest responses to duty on record. 

We quote this incident to illustrate the efficiency of the 
officers and the readiness of the men to answer call which 
have won signal honors for Company B at home and abroad. 

This Company was in the United States service on the 
Mexican Border from June 26th to October 5th, 19 16, and the 
welcome they received on their return was the greatest ever 
known in the city, but which will probably be eclipsed on 
their return from the world's great war. 

They again entered the United States service in the war 
with Germany April 13th, 191 7, and were stationed at Pelham 
N. Y. and later transferred to Spartanburg, S. C, for training. 
The Company left Geneva with 154 men, rank and file, which 
sailed over seas in May, 191 8, and became a part of the 108th 
Regiment in the 27th Division. 

After Company B had left for the Spanish-American war 
the 134th Separate Company was organized May 20th, 1898, 
with Captain H. B. Graves, First Lieutenant C. W. Fairfax 
and Second Lieutenant M. S. Gaylord as officers, who were 



A BRIEF HISTORY OF COMPANY B 45 

mustered out December 20th, 1898 and placed on the super- 
numerary list. Company B, Depot Unit, 3d Infantry, 
N. G. N. Y. was organized June 26th, 19 16 when Captain 
Graves and Lieutenants Fairfax and Gaylord were placed 
on active duty as officers. The Company was mustered into 
State service as Company B 3d Infantry, New York Guards, 
November 5th, 191 7, and many of the men received instruc- 
iton that' helped them very materially when they enlisted or 
were drafted into the United States service for our war with 
Germany. 

The records of Company B that went to France are written 
in blood and many of its members died on the field of honor. 
This Company distinguished itself at Kemmel Mountain 
and several bloody battles when they smashed the "Hinden- 
burg Line" with the Twenty-seventh and the Thirtieth 
Divisions which formed the second American Army Corps in 
France and were always at the point of the wedge which was 
being driven into the enemy lines. "The Twenty-seventh 
throughout the war was used as a shock dividon and was 
hurled against the line where the enemy and his field fortifica- 
tions were the strongest. These two divisions took 6,000 
prisoners, — one-eighth of all the prisoners taken by the 
American Expeditionary Force." "There were more dead 
in the wake of the Twenty-seventh than ever seen behind 
any division of the allied armies. Every man of this division, 
killed in these battles fell with face towards the enemy." 
Forty years of faithful service stand behind the untarnished 
record of this Company. 

While we point with pride to our Company B, all that did 
their part in the world's great struggle for freedom are entitled 
to honor with them, and, in "The American Soldier's Temple 
of Fame," will have their names written there. Our heroes 
will forever live in the hearts of a grateful people, while in the 
fields of sunny France — 

"There sleep the brave who sink to rest 
By all their country's wishes blest." 



THE BATTLE OF CHATEAU THIERRY 

The sixteenth decisive battle of the world was won by the 
American Marines at Chateau Thierry June 6, 1918, "which 
saved Paris and, perhaps, saved France." In grateful 
remembrance of "The Charge of the Marine Brigade," the 
French have renamed one of the finest boulevards in Paris 
"The Avenue of the Marines." 

The German tidal wave had crossed the Marne and they 
were within twenty-five miles of Paris. Foch had sent word 
that he could hold the German army from Paris but a 
short time. Foch had planned that by the following 
spring there would be three million American troops 
in France and by mixing them with the trained French and 
British veterans he could assume the offensive. He did not 
then realize that the American troops were "veterans born," 
and that the "valiant sword of America had never known 
defeat." The story of the American Marines at Chateau 
Thierry is graphically told in The Post Express, Rochester, 
N. Y., November 13, 19 18, from which is copied the following: 

"One summer night, almost on the eve of the evacuation 
of Paris, two regiments of American Marines marched through 
the streets of the French capital, en route to the front. Mar- 
shal Foch had ordered them down to the Marne country, to 
hold the second line of trenches for the purpose of covering 
the retreat of the French defenders from the first line. Every- 
body in Paris knew what the Americans were going to the 
front for. They cheered the marines as they marched through 
the streets in the twilight. Many wept. 'Poor boys!' they 
said. 'They are a sacrifice. They are going to be fed to 
the lions.' And others shook their heads sadly. 'What a 
pity,' they said. 'Such fine looking young fellows. They 
will never come back.' And tears and heartaches followed 
the Yankee boys as they went out of Paris that night to take 
the road to the Marne. 

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THE BATTLE OF CHATEAU THIERRY 47 

The marines reached the second line trenches when the 
battle on the first line was at its perihelion. The Germans 
had loosed seven waves of infantry against the French defend- 
ers of the trenches. The seventh wave broke through the 
French lines. The order sounded to retreat. The marines 
in the second line opened out to permit the French to pass 
through. The maneuver was accomplished. Then the order 
came from Foch's headquarters for the marines to retreat. 
But that order was never obeyed. 'Retreat, hell! We've 
just got here,' one of the 'leathernecks' said, and the words 
went down the line in a mighty shout. Then another shout 
went up. 'come on, boys! This is not the American way — 
to stand here and get shot.' Then a third cry, 'Remember 
.the Lusitania!' 

Congruously with that cry the marines were over the top 
and on their way across No Man's Land. Face to face, 
steel to steel, they met the German line as it rolled to the 
attack; the whole German army broke and run. 'Remember 
the Lusitania!' 

Word came to the retreating French troops that the Ameri- 
cans had broken the German line and were driving the Huns 
across the Marne. The news galvanized the French soldiers 
into new life. Without orders they turned and rushed into 
the battle and fought shoulder to shoulder with the Yanks 
like demons. The German retreat became a rout. The 
Huns crossed the Marne, destroying their pontoons behind 
them. Americans and French leaped into the water and 
swam the river in the teeth of artillery and machine-gun fire." 

When the news came to Marshal Foch over the telephone 
that evening that the Americans had taken Chateau Thierry, 
one of the key positions of the German line and that the 
American and French troops were pursuing the Germans 
a dozen miles beyond, he said to the American officers at his 
headquarters, "It is not war, gentlemen, but it is magnifi- 
cent." This was the turning point in the world's great war 
and made the "Charge on the Hindenburg Line" a possibi- 
lity where immortal glory crowned American valor. 



MARSTON AND "THE OLD GUARD HOUSE" 

General Gilman Marston was born at Orford, N. H., August 
20th, 1811. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1837, 
was admitted to the bar in 1841 and practiced law at Exeter, 
N. H. He served many terms in the New Hampshire Legisla- 
ture and was elected to Congress in 1858. He was re-elected 
in i860 and was a member of the battalion commanded by 
Cassius Clay for the defence of the National capital. He was 
appointed Colonel of the second New Hampshire regi- 
ment of volunteers. He served with distinction under 
McClellan, Butler and Grant. When ordered to capture 
Malvern Hill it was so skillfully planned and so quickly 
executed that he surprised the enemy and stormed the Hill 
with but little loss. He commanded a division at Cold 
Harbor, where he was with his men in the thickest of the 
battle and where he lost nearly half of his command by this 
unfortunate order from Gen. Grant. 

General Butler who was at his funeral, spoke of his services 
under him in the advance on Richmond in part as follows: 
"General Marston captured their outer lines and held them. 
His vigor and gallantry were never excelled by any soldier. 
The enemy made a vigorous attempt to regain them, firing 
heavily, when Marston' s men began to waver. He saw that 
something must be done to give them courage and confidence. 
He mounted his horse and rode to the front of his men with 
bullets whistling all around him. This example of bravery 
inspired his men and General Marston was successful in 
resisting the attack of Gen. Lee." 

During the winter of 61-62 Colonel Marston' s regiment 
formed a part of a brigade under General Neaglee, who was 
disliked by both officers and men. The "Old Guard House" 
was built at Budd's Ferry on the lower Potomac and stood 
there many years, a monument of General Marston's love 
for his men. 

With Abou Ben Adem, he speaks again: — 
"Write me as one that loves his fellow-men." 

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OFFICERS OF COMPANY B 



C. W. FOLGER 

G. S. Prince 
Wm. Wilson 

J. G. Stacey 



Captains 
Dec. 17, 1879 Discharged, Dec. 24, 1881. 
Jan. 5, 1882 Discharged Sept. 6, 1884. 
Oct. 6, 1884 Promoted to Major 3d N. Y. 

Vol. May 1, 1898. 

April 1, 1899 Capt. Co. B 3d N. G. Vol., 

Re-entered ser- Inft.May 1, 1898 to Dec. 

vice, Jan. 19, 3d, 1898. Discharged 

1906 Mar. 11, 1905. Retired 

Dec. 29, 1913. 



S. W. Merrill Oct. 19, 1914 



First Lieutenants 



H. J. Eddy Dec. 17, 1879 

William Wilson Feb. 23, 1882 



G. C. Schell 
J. G. Stacey 

W. L. McKay 
S. H. Merrill 
T. I. Coursey 

E. F. Winner 



J. R. Fiero 



Nov. 7, 1884 
Sept. 4, 1893 

May 18, 1899 
Dec. 14, 1906 
Dec. 31, 1914 

Date not 
known 



Date not 

known 



Discharged Feb. 21, 1882. 
Promoted to Capt. Jan. 17, 

1885. 
Discharged Aug. 7, 1893. 
Promoted to Capt. Apr. 1, 

1899. 
Discharged March 6, 1906. 
Prom, to Capt. Oct. 19, 1914. 
Still in service, Ordinance 

Dept. U. S. A. 
Killed in action, Sept. 29, 

191 8, leading Co. B in 

charge on the Hindenburg 

line. 
In service with Co. B, 108th 

U. S. Inft. 



G. S. Prince 
E. T. Sigler 
W. L. McKay 



Second Lieutenants 

Dec. 17, 1879 Prom, to Capt. Jan. 5, 1885. 
Feb. 23, 1882 Discharged Oct. 21, 1886. 
Sept. 4, 1893 Prom, to 1st Lieut. May 19, 
1899. 

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50 



OFFICERS OF COMPANY B 



Horace Webster Oct. 15, 1896 Prom, to Adj. 2d Batt. June 

1 , 1 899. Died at Manilla, 
P. I., U. S. Vol. service. 

Apr. 2, 1901 Discharged Aug. 1, 1905 

Dec. 14, 1906 Transferred to 10th Regt. 
June 14, 1909. 

Feb. 27, 1909 Discharged May 24, 1910. 

July 27, — Trans, to Med. Dept. as 1st 
Lieut. May 29, 191 1 



T. W. Folger 
A. S. Call an 

J. S. Slosson 
C. C. Lytle 

T. J. Coursey 

E. F. Winner 
J. R. Fiero 



May 28, 1912 Prom, to 1st Lieut. Dec. 21, 

1914. 
Aug. 10, 191 5 Prom, to 1st Lieut, overseas. 
Date unknownProm. to 1st Lieut. Co. B. 

Abroad. 



Officers of 134TH Sep. Co. Co. B — Depot Unit and 



q.xn. vjjijr. vu. v_/v^ # xj j 

Co. B, 3D Inft. N. Y. G. 



H. B. Graves 



M. S. Gaylord Jan. 8, 1918 
T. G. Hubbard July 1, 191 8 



Captains 
June 3, 1898 Supernumerary Dec.21,1898. 
Capt. Co. B. Dept. Unit 
3d Inf. N. Y. Capt. Co. 
B3dN.Y. G.Oct. 5, 1918. 
Ret. list Dec. 11, 191 7. 
Prom, to Major 3d Inft. 

May 10, 1918. 
Still in service. 



First Lieutenants 

C. W. Fairfax June 3, 1898 Discharged to enter U. S. 

service Dec. 12, 191 7 
C. P. Rose June 8, 1918 Discharged May 31, 1918. 

J. P. Ditmars Aug. 10, 191 8 Still in service with Co. 

Second Lieutenants 
M. S. Gaylord June 3, 1898 Prom, to Capt. Jan 8, 191 8. 
T. G. Hubbard Jan. 8, 1918 Prom, to Capt. July 1, 1918. 
E. L. Baker Aug. 16, 19 18 Still in service with Co. 



GENEVA'S ROLL OF HONOR 

Gen. Wm. Wilson, Capt. S. H. Merrill, Lieut. T. J. Coursey, 
Lieut. J. R. Fiero. 

R. D. Albertson, A. Annannia, M. Albanese, G. Ansley, 
K. Alexander, W. E. Anderson, T. H. Answorth, W. H. 
Austin, A. L. Ayers, R. J.Anderson, F. Alviro, A. E. Allison, 
M. Atself, F. Alviro, P. L. Avery, C. L. Allen, A. L. Allen, 
P. H. Andre, L. F. Allen, J. A. Anania, M. G. Allen, T. H. 
Allen, H. H. Austin, M. Abbott, J. Arnold, J. J. Arnold, 

D. C. Affleck, E. S. Albro, D. B. Ayers, J. S. Allen,— S. P. 
Barrett, H. S. Burke, J. N. Brandow, W. E. Buckholz, 

E. Becker, C. J. Brener, H. J. Burrall, J. H. Brown, James 
Brown, D. F. Broderick, A. M. Brower, W. J. Boushlack, 
C. E. Brewer, W. F. Barnes, R. S. Rose, W. T. Bagley, 
H. W. Bowers, T. J. Rogers, W. R. Brietfield, R. D. Brown, 
L. T. Burns, F. T. Burns, J. D. Brurdict, A. Bertino, T. 
Brigande, J. S. Barnes, C. F. Bakesley, G. W. Burbar, 
R. C. Ballantyne, J. R. Barron, G. Bararado, A. Brower, 

E. F. Burns, C. S. Bowers, R. Bridges, C. J. Blood, A. Beloo, 
J. R. Baker, W. H. Baldridge, H. Blyleven, H. S. Bogart, 
G. R. Bradford, T. Brail, A. Bruno, C. I. Brewer, T. Bower, 
C. M. Bogart, F. J. Burns, J. E. Butts, H. V. Boyd, R. E. 
Bowers, C. P. Bodine, H. S. Brennan, H. W. Burr (now Lieut.), 

F. L. Burr, G. W. Barry, W. F. Buckley, E. M. Bragg, E. S. 
Butler, C. L. Bratt, C. R. Barry, C. E. Barrett, L. V. Baker, 
H. E. Bartlett, H. L. Becker, M. H. Brewer, W. J. Bols, 
C. E. Boals, E. W. Brown, E. W. Brimm, J. M. Buckley, 
C. D. Burgreen, J. M. Burns, H. J. Burns, A. F. Barrett, 

G. N. Barryman, E. T. Burns, G. H. Burtis, E. A. Beals, 
W. W. Bauer, R. Del Brown, W. E. Broderick, W. J. Bolin, 
H. Bloodgood, G. G. Brown, C. H. Burns, A. A. Bacon, 
H. S. Bloodgood, S. Baldwin, O. G. Beach, C. F. Robson, 
E. L. Robson, K. R. Boyd, K. A. Bray, G. A. Bucklin, C. W. 
Beard, F. Brown, W. E. Breese, M. Baroody, A. S. Birchey, 
C. R. Blanchard, F. G. Baker, A. L. Black, A. R. Batchler, 

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52 GENEVA'S HONOR ROLL 

M. Bruno, J. Bland, W. E. Bryan, R. S. Boyd, W. G. H. 
Buchholz, J. Barrett, T. L. Bouslack, A. Bononie, — C. L. 
Chapman, C. Connolly, A. Codippoti, C. F. Campbell, 
L. H. Cook, P. S. Church, H. G. Campbell, W. R. Cook, 
H. J. Clearwater, R. E. Carr, T. Cornell, C. P. Chapman, 
H. Cameron, W. H. Collens, A. E. Conroy, L. Campaigma, 
A. Cardi, J. F. Cassey, B. C. Cooley, E. Carpenter, J. Car- 
penter, T. L. Conway, E. F. Campbell, C. E. Colegrove, 
E. R. Cairns, D. Carnovale, J. Cannuli, P. Corcoran, J. J. 
Corcoran, J. Carmell, J. A. Chartres, E. K. Christ enson, 
L. W. Clark, B. S. Cleveland, F. J. Clow, H. Costley, J. Colaci, 
C. Condut, F. M. Cook, C. F. Campbell, T. E. Cass, C. H. 
Cavanough, K. M. Cummings, B. R. Conley, J. C. Casey, 
V. Crowley, O. G. Chiarilli, T. J. Comisky, F. K. Clark, 
J. M. Casey, B. F. Cook, C. A. Carroll, R. C. Chamberlain, 
E. E. Churchill, E. C. Courtney, L. A. Curry, R. DeCann, 
C. H. Clark, L. V. Colgrove, F. E. Crider, J. J. Corcoran, Dr. 
J. J. Collie, G. Cannuli, R. G. Cook, R. H. Casentino, N. Crufi, 
M. Como, M. Costenino, S. A. Chamberlain, J. Crash, 
T. F. Connolly, C. W. Carey, E. A. Carey, W. F. Cuddy, 
P. B. Clark, E. J. Collins, F. B. Campbell, H. R. Cutter, 
A. P. Chapman, D. B. Clayton, J. J. Corcoran, W. H. Carey, — 
R. Dinan, A. B. Dusinberrie, J. Damaco, T. J. Dalley, W. 
Drumm, A. E. Dellinger, J. G. Dilley, B. J. Dee, A. Divin- 
cenzo, P. Dinadri, J. Damick, A. W. Dunn, C. Dukelow, 
W. H. DeLancey, G. S. Dusinberry, A. Denico, J. Deneo, 
A. Denicola, J. C. Dorman, Will Day, S. P. Doyle, M. Damico, 
S. DeMare, G. Didombli, P. Dinardi, A. Dinide, V. DeBon- 
detto, J. W. Delaney, C. F. Dewey, J. Dryer, H. H. Donahue, 
A. R. DeBott, W. M. Diviney, D. M. Dale, W. D. Deal, E. J. 
Dunton, E. P. Donahue, C. W. Day, M. H. Doyle, J Dinan, 
G. Doty, M. C. Dennison, H. M. Dailey, L. C. Diimont, 
C. B. Dorsey, Jr., O. Desico, D. F. Driscoll, H. D. Dusinberre, 
R. H. Dunker, J. H. Duffy, J. Draddo, A. Diradedo, J. F. 
Devaney, E. Deming, C. W. Dougherty, E. B. Delmarter, 
C. C. Debolt, M. Draheim, J. R. Dibble, C. E. Dennison, D. S. 



GENEVA'S HONOR ROLL 53 

Densmore, C. C. Duell, A. Divinenzo, F. Decan, — H. J. 
Emmons, Roy Emighy, J. Errico, H. M. Ensley, G. Ely, 
K. M. Evarts, J. E. Esty, C. A. Evans, J. B. Esty, C. M. 
Edmonston, J. D. Estes, R. Eighmey, J. T. Edwards, F. O. 
Eberle, L. G. Edwards, S. B. Easter, F. S. Emmett, N. B. 
Edwards,— F. Ferrini, L. T. Fay, R. F. Faucett, C. R. Fitz- 
gerald, W. B. Fryer, B. G. Frolich, A. V. Flint, G. Fox, 

E. B. Finnerty, G. Frazzini, J, F. Ford, W. Flynn, J. M. 
Flynn, C. D. Frolick, J. T. Fergusom, F. W. Frost, A. A. 
Foster, D. V. Fisher, G. W. Ford, W. W. Frary, M. J. Frozzo, 

F. Fiore, H. G. Frost, C. C. Fairfax, T. M. Fast, L. H. Fair- 
fax, C. W. Fairfax, C. J. Fisher, J. H. Frautz, H. Dox, J. Fal- 
lon, J. H. Ford, L. J. Ferguson, W. H. Frautz, J. V. Frank, 
J. A. Foster, — S. Geummarra, T. Gablaiske, F. W. Goose, 
C. W. Grove, S. Gaffafi, C. Gringeri, W. Gulvin, F. Gleason, 
J. F. Gleason, J. A. Gleason, E. G. Gaylord, R. N. Graves, 
J. M. Goodman, F. Gaylord, B. Garufe, William Goodelle, 
L. W. Gracey, J. Goodman, O. B. Gale, G. Gringire, 

A. Gabbialo, S. H. Gamber, D. Garanate, D. Giordino, 
L. E. Grandy, U. Giorioche, B. C. Gould, J. P. Gavin, T. F. 
Grady, W. A. Goodwin, C. P. Green, T. F. Gannon, A. J. 
Gebera, C. J. Gilbert, J. W. Gallagher, J. Garvey, H. W. 
Goose, E. D. Gorderi, J. H. Gooden, E. C. Goodenow, 
P. Gaglistti, L. A. Gracey, R. Graney, W. Giddings, G. W. 
Gittens, J. Gardinal, H. C. Gaylord, J. H. Guinan, 

B. Gordon, H. E. Graham, L. A. Graham, A. L. Gaylord, 
E. F. Geraghety, T. D. Guinan, J. W. Gallagher,— N. H. 
Howe, M. B. Hoyles, J. W. Hull, O. W. Harris, S. W. Harmon, 
J. H. Harmon, M. M. Harmon, A. Hamling, E. Herendeen, 
E. J. Hoffman, L. M. Hayes, A. Hennessy, J. Hospes D. A. 
Henry, W. Holmes, A. D. Hubbs, Waldo Hutchins, Jr., 
J. R. Hurley, D. R. Holman, H. J. Hansen, G. H. Howe, 

C. E. Hadley, F. S. Harrison, A. E. Hagan, M. Hansen, 
M. Henratta, J. W. Hill, J. T. Holderman, H. N. Hubbs, 

D. I. Holberton, P. Hagen, S. A. Harris, G. Helms, F. E. 
Hoag, J. J. Howe, P. H. Hawkins, E. W. Hemingway, C. F. 



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Henricks, E. F. Hinton, G. A. Hennessy, L. C. Hatch, A. H. 
Hutchens, G. W. Howe, H. N. Howe, W. W. Holdacre, 
W. H. Hogan, C. V. Hogan, C. Harrison, H. R. Hillick, 
C. A. Hillick, H. J. Huff, J. Hargrove, W. J. Heller, T. J. 
Hever, A. C. Hoefler, F. W. Hoffman, W. H. Horton, C. S. 
Harthone, C. C. Hawley, A. W Hawley, W. H. Holman, 
R. C. Hobson, F. J. Harris, F. W. Hartman, W. T. Holleran, 
W. L. Holleran, F. B. Harrington, — G. Iannopollo, R. Inno- 
pollo, — V. Januario, W. Jacobs, H. R. Johnson, R. E. John- 
son, E. Johnson, G. R. Johnson, S. L. Jackson, J. W. Jackson, 
K. W. Jensen, A. Jensen, L. Jensen, H. V. Jensen, M. C. John- 
son, J. V. Jones, W. L. Jauncey, H. B. Jerico, C. G. Johnson, 
S. T. Jackson, H. G. Johnson, R. W. Johnson, G. P. O. Jones, 

C. A. Joyce, F. J. Joyce, L. Jensen, F. L. Johnson, A. A. John- 
son, R. A. Jackson, E. P. James, P. R. Jones, G. H. Jones, 
W. P. Jackson, H. C. Johnson, J. Jennings, J. Johnson, — 
R. L. Kepner, J. F. Kehr, F. I. Kearas, P, Kenney, E. D. 
Kenney, C. L. Kenney, E. P. Knight, T. M. Kuryla, H. G. 
King, F. P. Knight, H. P. King, M. A. Kearnes, F. Kenney, 
J. W. Kellogg, H. F. Kenney, K. E. Kristeausen, A. L. Kendall, 
J. A. Kellow, C. E. Kaufman, K. E. Jitt, H. S. King, 

D. M. Knauss, A. J. Kane, W. H. Klopfer, F. L. King, W. F. 
Kelly, H. Kelly, W. J. Krastel, E. C. Kennedy, F. H. Kelliher, 
R. L. Kellow, — C. Larsen, L. Leighty, A. H. Lewis, H. Lewis, 
I. R. Long, J. Laugan, R. Liberetoro, J. A. Lydon, B. O. 
Larson, W. E. Loftus, C. Leggett, Jimi Lemm, R. H. Levet, 
W. B. Levet, E. C. Lautenslager, M. Larson, J. Lang, F. G. 
Lautenslager, W. P. Loman, K. A. Loftus, J. R. Lindsay, 
K. P. Lerch, D. W. Lydon, M. J. Leggott, J. Luciano, W. C. 
Lockry, Jeff Leiser, D. P. Loomis, M. Lockwood, A. Lydon, 

E. C. Lewis, F. E. Lewis, E. B. Lineham, C. E. Lake, J. Lyons, 
C. S. Loomis, C. W. Lockry, C. S. Lanasa, J. A. Limeham, 

B. Larsen, S. G. Leach, R. F. Hight, P. Legotti, J. J. Langan, — 

C. Marshall, E. Miles, P. Monio, G. S. Morse, T. Mortenson, 

F. Murphy, N. Muruccia, T. McHugh, T. McCue, F. H. 
McCulley, E. R. Manning, L. J. McGuirl, J. F. Maher, 



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G. T. Michelson, D. Marano, F. Murrey, L. M. Miller, 
G. E. Murphy, W. F. Murphy, M. E. Mapes, E. S. Mc- 
Donough, F. Mortenson, J. Marshall, D. A. Mcintosh, W. J. 
Mcintosh, W. T. McGuigan, L. McGillivray, O. C. McCarthy, 
C. H. Mason, L. McGillivary, E. W. Merrill, R. G. McKane, 
C. Mortenson, T. Matrilli, J. McGovern, G. Mustori, James 
Madia, L. Madden, F. S. Matthews, E. F. Matthews, H. F. 
McMaster, F. Marciano, O. Micale, P. Murruccia, I. D. Mur- 
dock, T. F. McDonough, G. H. Monroe, T. H. McDonough, 

B. H. Merry, G. F. Mehnert, E. Muskett, H. E. Muell, J. E. 
Marshall, E. McGovern, V. Moraco, L. F. McDonough, H. M. 
Madigan, T. B. Mahoney, L. H. Marshall, C. A. Mehnert, 
F. E. Miller, J. J. Murphy, D. C. McMahon, F. J. McNamara, 
F. L. McCready, L. R. McDonald, D. H. Mapes, J. L. Mc 
Guire, J. F. Mehnert, V. J. Mulvey, T. W. Maloney, T. A. 
Murphy, W. E. McDonald, F. J. Murphy, J. T. Murphy, 
N. Monaco, B. V. McDougall, M. F. McCarthy, J. P. Moria- 
rity, F. McGrain, W. P. McDonald, L. A. McDonald, F. W. 
McDonald, P. A. Mulcahy, R. L. McMurtie, E. W. Murphy, 

C. L. Mair, B. B. McCallum, R. K. McAdam, J. McAdam, 
H. Macey, B. McDonald, M. G. Markland, R. Maney, 
A. Manley, T. Manley, W. F. Murphy, T. J. McNicholas, 
P. McCann, W. H. Matthews, H. T. Markland,— T. Nicas, 
W. L. Nuhn, N. Nigro, C. Nardi, B. J. North, A. T. Nester, 
S. K. Nester, R. M. Newell, Harold Nester, E. S. Nazel, 
F. E. Newman, A. Narr, H. W. Nester, L. G. Neilson, R. S. 
Naragon, R. L. Naragon, L. C. Nelson, T. E. Neary, W. 
Negus— J. O'Neill, F. O'Neill, D. T. O'Connors, C. V. Oaks, 
J. E. O'Brien, J. E. O'Malley, E. L. Oughterson, F. B. O'Con- 
nor, V. A. Ochs, G. W. O'Malley, J. J. O'Brien, M. P. O'Hara, 
M. L. Onderink, J. J. O'Connor, T. F. O'Connor, T. L. 
O'Brien, E. O'Harra, J. H. Oulehan, H. R. Ostrander, C. 
Overstreet, — G. Peters, J. H. Patterson, G. Pronti, M. O. 

Pratt, F. M. Pitt, G. M. Pond, W. S. Post, M. B. Patch, 
E. R. Parker, R. Parmenter, B. E. Pollock, G. Palmeri, 
J. H. Payne, C. Parnells, F. C. Palmer, J. B. Post, L. A. 



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Parker, F. S. Perry, G. Priano, H. Person, W. H. Pasco, 
H. W. Pasco, R. W. Peake, F. B. Parker, E. R. Parker, 
C. Picchi, C. P. Peterson, H. F. Peck, J. T. Perry, C. H. Peck, 
S. Pane,— B. F. Quigley, D. J. Quinlan, L. R. Quinn, R. J. 
Quigley, R. B. Quinn, J. P. Quinlan,— A. S. Rogers, H. R. 
Robinson, S. P. Rouland, W. Ricketson, C. F. Rooney, W. H. 
Rhodes, P. H. Riley, R. E. Reynolds, S. Roberts, J. H. 
Ryan, Jr., A. H. Runyan, C. D. Robison, L. A. Ryan, B. 
Rollins, B. Rice, F. Reynolds, H. S. Ring, H. B. Rolf, E. V. 
Ring, F. G. Reed, W. H. Reilly, O. Rickels, G. Russo, E. M. 
Rickels, J. J. Reagan, M. H. Reagan, H. D. Rose, W. C. 
Rose, P. L. Ritter, H. P. Roe, J. F. Rilly, H. F. Ritter, S. 
Reed, A. P. Roulan, A. P. Roche, Roy Roache, C. H. Rouse, 
A. Receina, J. F. Reilly, H. Ring, L. Riley, F. E. Robinson, 
A. Rollin, C. A. Rouley, C. H. Rogers, P. Rossi, Si H. Rey- 
nolds, W. H. Robbins, Ben Roach, H. E. Reynolds, R. Rich- 
ards, W. E. Rouse, G. L. Rochrock, W. Roberts, F. Roberts, 

E. G. Rice, DeF. H. Randolph, C. Radder, R. E. Ritter, H. R. 
Reynolds, J. J. Reagan, F. W. Reagan, D. Ross, E. Reigal, 
A. H. Ranftle, C. Robson, H. S. Russ, A. C. Roberts, J. M. 
Roberts, A. L. Rigby, L. N. Reed, L. H. Ripley, G. L. Ross, 
H. R. Rogers, L. DeF. Reed, C. W. Reynolds,— B. H. Smith, 
C. A. Sweet, W. A. Sojka, H. M. Simpson (now Lieut.), K. N. 
Silsby, G. R. Schram, A. W. Storey, J. J. Sweeney, G. Sawyer, 
C. E. Seabrook, H. J. Scutt, G. R. Scutt, J. W. Skinner, 
J. V. Sparrow, A. B. Springsteen, A. H. Sweet, T. W. Stark, 

F. Scolly, W. A. Stewart, H. W. Smith, J. D. Scott, F. Solea, 

C. A. Seeley, S. H. Smith, W. D. Scofield, R. Seager, J. P. 
Sullivan, S. J. Spader, E. McL. Sellers, H. H. Stewart, 
M. Semple, T. J. Shields, H. G. Sigler, J. P. Sullivan, 
A. E. Scutt, R. W. Schumann, G. E. Schumann, J. Sullivan, 
N. I. Sheddon, W. P. Stapleton, C. F. Smith, H. P. Stevens, 

D. R. Swarthout, P. J. Spike, H. A. Spike, T. T. Steen, 
W. H. Swarthout, J. E. Sparrow, J. N. Slocum, J. H. Stewart, 
J. M. Shane, S. B. Stillwell,- A. V. Schrapp, L. D. Snyder, 
L. F. Schultz, J. I. Schott, R. W. Stewart, N. A. Stillman, 



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C. S. Scoon, J. C. Stickler, W. T. Smead, R. B. Stevens, 
H. F. Smith, C. Stahmann, H. C. Soule, E. E. Switzer, 
G. W. Schlechamf, E. E. Serven, J. R. Sabin, S. Santomaoro, 
C. E. Schupeleum, F. H. Snyder, J. E. Spratt, P. W. Smith, 
L. J. Scott, H. Stahl, H. B. Sherman, W. J. Smith, R. M. 
Scoon, H. Swarthout, A. Sweeney, W. E. Sparrow, F. D. 
Sweeney, M. Semple, C. A. Seeley, C. H. Schell, J. M. Sado, 
J. Salone, C. E. Sniffen, T. S. Smith— L. A. Taylor, K. C. 
Tuttle, L. A. Torrey, V. F. Thorns, S. Trevi, G. Tewksbiiry, 
C. Thompson, M. Tandle, R. O. Thomas, G. L. Tubbs, R. H. 
Turner, N. J. Tuffy, E. A. Turner, A. K. Thornton, F. E. 
Taylor, J. R. Thomas, R. S. Thorne, D. E. Thomas, E. J. 
Troutwine, M. E. Thiery, G. W. Thiery, M. J. Toome, 
G. Tanneetta, F. Tascone, T. E. Toner, J. I. Toner, P. H. 
Tuttle, F. Thuru, J. Tower, O. Timns, F. J Toole, F. Tower, 
R. P. Travis, E. E. Trickier, C. Tompson, L. Thornton, 
W. F. Toole, C. T. Taney, F. L. Trautman, J. D. Taney, 
N. Tornabene, J. J. Tracey, R. L. Taylor, W. D. Thornton, 
A. L. Thomas, F. A. Teall— A. R. Urgan, A. Utzman, F. 
Utzman — W. W. Van Gieson, L. M. Van Gieson, C. J. Van 
Tassell, D. V. Van Orden, W. J. Van Nortwick, H. S. Van 
Deren, W. F. Van Deren, D. G. Van Epps, F. Vicery, G. B. 
Veronese, C. Vandemotrel, E. Valentine, T. C. Veit, (now 
Lieut.), R. Vincent, W. G. Vogte, R. Valone, H. W. Boght, 
R. B. Vancosy, J. A. Vandyne, F. Van Hoosen, R. P. Welsh, 
W. A. Wagner, C. Waasdorp, H. E. Wheddigen, W. E. Whit- 
worth, L.W. Wicks, C. W. Wixon, G. R. Worden, E. F. Whiter- 
will, R. S. Whitworth, D. J. Walters, M. C. Wheat, H. W. 
Welsh, H. Wilson, M. Walsh, T. J. Walsh, J. Welsh, C. H. Win- 
nek, G. H. Wilson, F. M. Weller, H. J. Welsh, R. J. Walsh, 
M. P. Whitney, F. M. Wallace, H. F. Wilson, H. E. Welch, 
J. Welch, C. L. Wooden, G. V. W. Wood, F. S. Ward, K. Whit- 
ney, S. Whitworth, F. E. Wallace, C. H. Watson, W. R. Welch, 
J. S. Waddell, S. M. Waddell, M. Wheat, H. White, H. J. 
Winnek, R. P. Welch, V. S. Welch, M. Welch, K. C. Wild, 
C. D. Wood, A. B. Wells, R. S. Wells, G. O. Warren, S. Wad- 



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dell, J. S. Waddell, N. V. Ward, F. G. Ward, M. H. Weis- 
brot, F. B.Wallenbeck, F. D. Wallace, R. J. Walsh, L. E. 
Williams, R. F. Wilson, W. C. Wilson— M. York, R. P. 
Youngs, F. J. Yannotti, H. Yost, — J. Zuadrozi, U. A. H. 
Zega, D. Zoccardi. 

OUR DEAD AS REPORTED TO FEBRUARY 12, 1919 

Captain J. S. Slosson, Co. E, 105th Regt., killed in battle, 
Sept. 29th, 191 8, — Lieutenant E. F. Winnek, commanding 
Company B when killed in battle, — C. H. Alcock, A. R. 

Aumick, P. J. O'Byrne, — A. Bonnanni, — F. M. Balistreri, 

— L. W. Brignall, — E. Carter, — H. L. Crane, — D. DeNicola, — 
A. Damico, — G. Diclements, — J. Earl Dakin, — S. Flinn, — 
W. W. Frary — G. J. Fitzsimmons— J. K. Flynn,— A. L. 
Flynn,— H. D. Goldie— P. Golos — W. E. Gavin,— L. E. 
Grady,— H. B. Keath,— W. F. Kelly,— H. L. Kenney,— 
E. W. Lautenslager— A. Mauer, — H. J. Mulvey— A. C. 
Pinckney, — T. H. Quinn, — J. J. Ross, — M. C. Rogers, — Jas. 
Savage, — Horace Simpson, — P. J. Toner, — W. Turner, — T. S. 
Van Riper, — W. A. Williams. 

NURSES 

Kate Briehoff, — Elizabeth Carlton, — Nellie Driscoll, — 
Isabella Evans, — Beulah Fairfax, Maud Fisher, — Susan 
Hearle, Nettie Hartranft, Margaret Hill, — Myrtle Loyd, 
Isabella Lancaster, — Anna McDougall, — Mary O'Neil, — 
Mary Reed, — Mary Schumacher, Mary Spillings, — Eliza 
Windsor, Gladys Wadsworth. 



